Re: RFS: Thousand Parsec packages.

2008-01-30 Thread Sean Kellogg
On Wednesday 30 January 2008 04:33:19 pm Tristan Seligmann wrote: > Hmm. This is frustrating, because on the one hand, it's probably worth > avoiding an "innocent infringement defense"; on the other hand, updating > copyright notices every year seems like a rather tedious task that > people typical

Re: RFS: Thousand Parsec packages.

2008-01-30 Thread Ben Finney
Tristan Seligmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hmm. This is frustrating, because on the one hand, it's probably > worth avoiding an "innocent infringement defense"; on the other > hand, updating copyright notices every year seems like a rather > tedious task that people typically don't ever get a

Re: RFS: Thousand Parsec packages.

2008-01-30 Thread Tristan Seligmann
* Arnoud Engelfriet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-01-30 15:57:06 +0100]: > Ben Finney wrote: > > My understanding is that a copyright declaration on the work makes it > > easier to prove to a court that the recipient knows that the work *is* > > copyrighted to the specified entity, and that the copyri

Re: RFS: Thousand Parsec packages.

2008-01-30 Thread Arnoud Engelfriet
Ben Finney wrote: > My understanding is that a copyright declaration on the work makes it > easier to prove to a court that the recipient knows that the work *is* > copyrighted to the specified entity, and that the copyright is > current. "Furthermore, in the event that a work is infringed, if the

Re: RFS: Thousand Parsec packages.

2008-01-30 Thread Ben Finney
Tristan Seligmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > * Ben Finney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Copyright notices are only valid if they contain all three of: > > > > * The word "Copyright" and/or the copyright symbol "©" > > * The year(s) the copyright began in the work > > * The name of the lega

Re: RFS: Thousand Parsec packages.

2008-01-30 Thread Tristan Seligmann
* Ben Finney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-01-30 16:01:07 +1100]: > Barry deFreese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On of the big things I need to know about are the copyright files. > > Upstream doesn't specify any years for Copyright that I can find. > > Copyright notices are only valid if they c